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mitt romney's campaigning on home turf with a win in iowa under his belt, the endorsement of john mccain in his pocket, and a runaway lead in the polls. >> do you think we can do a little better here in new hampshire? maybe? yeah. >> reporter: even though romney beat rick santorum by only eight votes in iowa, it's a win. >> with romney, ron paul and rick santorum in the top tier as the three serious contenders coming out of iowa is just almost -- it's the perfect scenario for the former massachusetts governor. >> reporter: santorum had no virtually no organization but his iowa win was worth $1 million influx in contributions. >> we're doing okay right now. and if the people here in new hampshire give us a shot, my guess is we'll do a lot better. >> reporter: with michele bachmann now out and south carolina and florida weeks away, the other candidates see opportunity. >> i'm totally 66 more votes than in 2008 so, you spend an additional $10,000 per vote. >> i guess that means there's blue sky for the rest of us. >> reporter: if romney hold on to new hampshire, he'll be tough to beat. the
mitt romney's campaigning on home turf with a win in iowa under his belt, the endorsement of john mccain in his pocket, and a runaway lead in the polls. >> do you think we can do a little better here in new hampshire? maybe? yeah. >> reporter: even though romney beat rick santorum by only eight votes in iowa, it's a win. >> with romney, ron paul and rick santorum in the top tier as the three serious contenders coming out of iowa is just almost -- it's the perfect scenario for...
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john mccain was very passive. let the president, candidate obama do whatever he wants to do. mitt romney will not do that, and here's the strength tonight. >> here's the challenge. on the one hand mitt romney has to connect, needs a second look. has had a rough couple of weeks. everyone acknowledged that. needs to be specific about what a romney presidency would achieve. >> we're not talking about accomplishing a lot. two or three things in an hour and a half to accomplish. one of them is to show he's in command, understands the job of the presidency and put barack obama on the defensive given his horrific record on the economy and on national security, and i think he will do that. i think he will be tough with the president. i don't think the president will react particularly well to that because i don't think the president gets people who are very tough with him very often, and i think that interplay i think will be the key moment of the night. >> you see more people optimistic about the economy. you see the president's poll numbers improving with regard to handling the eco
john mccain was very passive. let the president, candidate obama do whatever he wants to do. mitt romney will not do that, and here's the strength tonight. >> here's the challenge. on the one hand mitt romney has to connect, needs a second look. has had a rough couple of weeks. everyone acknowledged that. needs to be specific about what a romney presidency would achieve. >> we're not talking about accomplishing a lot. two or three things in an hour and a half to accomplish. one of...
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he'll be marking memorial day with john mccain who lost the 2008 election but won with veterans. the senator and war hero is paying tribute to the heroes he served with in the vietnam war. >> our motto was home with honor and because of their leadership and their love for us, we did come home with honor. >> reporter: this year the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war and there's finally an end in sight to the war in afghanistan, with a promised pullout by the end of 2014. veterans on this memorial day paying tribute to the fallen while preparing to choose a president, their commander in chief. brian mooar, nbc news washington. >>> four american soldiers who survived combat, a staggering 45% of veterans are filing for disability benefits. that's a historic rate. more than 700,000 former soldiers have applied to the department of veterans affairs for compensation for injuries they say are service related. many of america's newest veterans, mostly from the afghanistan and iraq wars, say they have multiple injuries from bomb blasts. the 45% filing disability claims is
he'll be marking memorial day with john mccain who lost the 2008 election but won with veterans. the senator and war hero is paying tribute to the heroes he served with in the vietnam war. >> our motto was home with honor and because of their leadership and their love for us, we did come home with honor. >> reporter: this year the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war and there's finally an end in sight to the war in afghanistan, with a promised pullout by the end of...
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. >> reporter: romney spent memorial day with john mccain while president obama paid tribute at arlington national sem me tare and the vietnam memorial in washington. >> you are true heroes. and you will never be forgotten. but let us never use patriotism as a political sword. patriots can support a war, patriots can oppose a war and whatever our view let us always stand united in support of our troops. who we've placed in harm's way. >> reporter: veterans make up 13% of the vote. with polls tightening in swing states both candidates are pushing hard for their support. looking forward to that primary today, texas has 152 delegates at stake, lynn, but only 58 are needed. romney only needs 58 to secure that nomination. >> tracie pots in washington, thanks so much. >>> elsewhere, violence flared in egypt monday in the wake of the country's first elections since the ouster of hosni mubarak. an angry mob set fire to the campaign headquarters of hosni mubarak last prime minister. just hours after it was announced he would face the muslim brotherhood's candidate in a runoff election next month.
. >> reporter: romney spent memorial day with john mccain while president obama paid tribute at arlington national sem me tare and the vietnam memorial in washington. >> you are true heroes. and you will never be forgotten. but let us never use patriotism as a political sword. patriots can support a war, patriots can oppose a war and whatever our view let us always stand united in support of our troops. who we've placed in harm's way. >> reporter: veterans make up 13% of the...
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i feel we are going to have senator john mccain, presidential nominee from 2008 in the the dates with us. senator, to us watching at home it seemed like the debate could have lasted a couple minutes because they could have just said we agree on everything. where do they disagree on foreign policy? >> i did they disagree on the overall weakness of america. i think as romney point of america is weaker over the last four years than stronger the opposition in the world today in iraq obviously the president didn't tell the truth. he wanted to leave a residual force behind but was unable to achieve it. iraq is unraveling, there are al qaeda training camps in western iraq and afghanistan, and things are unraveling because all we do is say when we are leaving, and obviously there has been no progress whatsoever as was pointed out with iran as they continue their progress towards requiring the nuclear weapons and this debacle in libya and i am sorry that he didn't talk more about that but clearly there is serious situation there and the president didn't lead and they are either not telling the
i feel we are going to have senator john mccain, presidential nominee from 2008 in the the dates with us. senator, to us watching at home it seemed like the debate could have lasted a couple minutes because they could have just said we agree on everything. where do they disagree on foreign policy? >> i did they disagree on the overall weakness of america. i think as romney point of america is weaker over the last four years than stronger the opposition in the world today in iraq obviously...
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at one point he was on john mccain's short list to be his running mate. now he supports president obama. >>> we'll also change gears and ask from he wielian gonzalez tor woods to animals running wild, why does it seem so many wacky stories happen here in the sunshine state and, jenna, i know you have a lot to get to as well from new york. >>> yes, lester. also coming up, we'll talk to the makers of a disturbing new documentary that looks at how pop culture and social media sexualizes girls at a disturbingly young age. >>> and have you wondered what it's like to party like britain's royal family. pippa is out with a new book that includes tips on planning the perfect get together. >>> and later, there is law and there is order here at the "today" show this morning. we are previewing the 300th episode of "svu" and a special guest star, i won't name names, because that's just rude, but we're going to go behind the scenes with the show's star, mariska hargitay. >> i'll name names. it was you. do you remember your line? >> of course, the auxiliary officer. i d
at one point he was on john mccain's short list to be his running mate. now he supports president obama. >>> we'll also change gears and ask from he wielian gonzalez tor woods to animals running wild, why does it seem so many wacky stories happen here in the sunshine state and, jenna, i know you have a lot to get to as well from new york. >>> yes, lester. also coming up, we'll talk to the makers of a disturbing new documentary that looks at how pop culture and social media...
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senator john mccain of arizona. and for gingrich, former senator from tennessee, fred thompson. then, president obama's chief campaign strategist david axelrod will be here to respond and lay out the president's case. plus, we'll look at florida and the primary calendar beyond it, coming up this morning on "meet the press." >>> a homeless teen -- i'm sorry, i should have started this. a homeless teen who got attention as a science whiz moved into a new home with her family this weekend. >> yes. 18-year-old samantha garvey and her family got the keys to rent a subsidized house in new york city yesterday. her family had been living in a homeless shelter since their eviction on new year's eve. garvey's story made national headlines when she was named one of 300 semifinalists in intel national science competition and was featured on a number of shows, including the "today" show. >>> and that's "news 4 tod today ". >> thank you so much for joini
senator john mccain of arizona. and for gingrich, former senator from tennessee, fred thompson. then, president obama's chief campaign strategist david axelrod will be here to respond and lay out the president's case. plus, we'll look at florida and the primary calendar beyond it, coming up this morning on "meet the press." >>> a homeless teen -- i'm sorry, i should have started this. a homeless teen who got attention as a science whiz moved into a new home with her family...
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we did not even know of john mccain would show up on the night. so that september, mitt romney had a tough month, people ask me all the time with a point to happen? , if you's pretty early think. think. 18 days with sarah palin seemed like a lifetime to me. got two lifetimes, that's like 40 days. a lot can happen on the campaign trail between now and then. it's a very interesting time. let's roll back a little. let's talk about the early days. first, my story. how i got to the campaign. i will go back to september again, 2006. my wife and i were sitting on the banks of the potomac in alexandria, virginia. we have our pad and paper. paper being married to a serial campaigner, she has to go through this ritual every year where we say what are our goals for the year? it never goes exactly the way we want, but it makes me feel better, and she plays a long. we're on the banks of the potomac and we had a nice life. i had a consulting practice i was very happy with and i enjoyed the balance of my life. my wife was working at the university doing public r
we did not even know of john mccain would show up on the night. so that september, mitt romney had a tough month, people ask me all the time with a point to happen? , if you's pretty early think. think. 18 days with sarah palin seemed like a lifetime to me. got two lifetimes, that's like 40 days. a lot can happen on the campaign trail between now and then. it's a very interesting time. let's roll back a little. let's talk about the early days. first, my story. how i got to the campaign. i will...
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. >> former florida governor, jeb bush, and arizona senator john mccain will join david, and dnc chairwoman, and arizona governor, jan brewer. >>> we will have a live look at the tampa convention center there. aaron gilchrist will have the latest and we will have live coverage of the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. >> and staf obama's speech will most likely be the highlight of the convention, and lines wrapped around an obama campaign office in charlotte as staffers handed out nearly 6,000 tickets in the past few days. some waited in line 12 hours to insure that they had a ticket to make sure they can see the president next month. >> i have a chance to go to the convention to support president barack obama. >> was it worth four hours? >> yes. >> eight hours? >> yes. >> you can be sure every one of the 74,000 seats will be filled at the bank of america stadium next month. >>> and the world says good-bye to one of its greatest explorers. astronaut neil armstrong changed the course of history by being the first person ever to walk on the moon. when he landed on the sur
. >> former florida governor, jeb bush, and arizona senator john mccain will join david, and dnc chairwoman, and arizona governor, jan brewer. >>> we will have a live look at the tampa convention center there. aaron gilchrist will have the latest and we will have live coverage of the democratic national convention in charlotte next month. >> and staf obama's speech will most likely be the highlight of the convention, and lines wrapped around an obama campaign office in...
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. >> reporter: senator john mccain is expected to endorse romney in new hampshire. it's a big win for rick santorum, he got 25% after polling in single digits just a few weeks ago. >> we will be in new hampshire. we'll leave tomorrow. we'll spend our time there. with your help and god's grace, we'll have another fun night a week from now. >> reporter: ron paul came in third and thanked the enthusiastic crowd of supporters. >> we will go on, raise the money. >> reporter: romney's biggest challenge may come from newt gingrich attacked romney's record. >> the truth seems negative. that may be a comment more on his record than it is on politics. >> reporter: coming in next to last, rick perry says he's suspending his campaign. >> with his decision tonight, i've decide the to return to texas, assess the results of tonight's caucus, determine if there is a path forward tore myself in this race. >> reporter: michele bachmann came in dead last but gave no indication she's quitting. >> i am the conservative who will defeat barack obama in 2012. >> reporter >> reporter: repub
. >> reporter: senator john mccain is expected to endorse romney in new hampshire. it's a big win for rick santorum, he got 25% after polling in single digits just a few weeks ago. >> we will be in new hampshire. we'll leave tomorrow. we'll spend our time there. with your help and god's grace, we'll have another fun night a week from now. >> reporter: ron paul came in third and thanked the enthusiastic crowd of supporters. >> we will go on, raise the money. >>...
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campaign where he picked up the endorsements of both south carolina's governor, nicky haley and senator john mccain and also there romney slammed president obama for making recess appointments without senate confirmation. but back in new hampshire, focus also on rick santorum, who came out of iowa just eight votes shy of winning. he called that a tie, saying that he raised $1.5 million online since iowa. and santorum also saying he's not shying away from religion in this campaign. as he put it yesterday, we always need a jesus candidate. veronica? >> tracie potts in washington, thanks much. >>> egyptian prosecutors are calling for the execution of hosni mubarak by hanging. the 83-year-old mubarak who's been brought to court each day in a hospital gurn any is accused of killing 800 people. one prosecutor said, quote, retribution is the solution. but even if mubarak does receive the death penalty,there could be months of appeals and it's thought the egyptian army would likely intervene. defense attorneys for mubarak and ten others will make their case next week. >>> there are new and disturbin
campaign where he picked up the endorsements of both south carolina's governor, nicky haley and senator john mccain and also there romney slammed president obama for making recess appointments without senate confirmation. but back in new hampshire, focus also on rick santorum, who came out of iowa just eight votes shy of winning. he called that a tie, saying that he raised $1.5 million online since iowa. and santorum also saying he's not shying away from religion in this campaign. as he put it...
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mitt romney is spending the holiday with john mccain, who lost the 2008 election. >> this weekend is about honoring our veterans. for a group of veterans, their travels took them to plan bernie. >> they arrived by bus after visiting memorials designed and created for them. ranging in age from 85 to 101, on the tour of honor, this group of world war ii veterans traveled from bakersfield, california. >> bakersfield, california, where the sun shines but the love never dies. >> lunchtime was say it stopped him at ritchie highway>> they had a complementary feast. >> this is a way for us to say thank you and to give back. we believe that they are american heroes. >> the veterans were transported free of charge to visit the memorials. no small feat for this particular group. >> i give them a lot of credit, to travel all that distance to come to the east coast. they are not young fellows. they look pretty good. i'm pretty happy to see them. >> everybody has a story. you could not tell them all. there are not enough hours in the day. >> their stories may include history book battles. their se
mitt romney is spending the holiday with john mccain, who lost the 2008 election. >> this weekend is about honoring our veterans. for a group of veterans, their travels took them to plan bernie. >> they arrived by bus after visiting memorials designed and created for them. ranging in age from 85 to 101, on the tour of honor, this group of world war ii veterans traveled from bakersfield, california. >> bakersfield, california, where the sun shines but the love never dies....
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. >>> senator john mccain defended a top aide official. mccain said bachmann's attacks have, quote, no logic, no basis, and no merit, and they need to stop now. >>> meanwhile in an interview with "people" magazine, an a dean says she's proud to be married to former congressman anthony weaner despite the sexting scandal that led to his resignation. she said he did a stupid thing but said, quote, they have a normal family. >>> this man was executed yesterday in texas. it was the first execution using one lethal drug instead of three due to shortages. >> in china, a taxi driver hung onto the hood of a drunk driver who had collided with this taxi cab. the drunk driver tried to escape but the taxi driver held on until he stopped at a karaoke bar and the police could make an arrest. >>> and now here is an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow opened at 12, 908 after climbing 103. the s&p gained 9. the nasdaq spike third degree 2. >>> taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo rose 68 points while in hon
. >>> senator john mccain defended a top aide official. mccain said bachmann's attacks have, quote, no logic, no basis, and no merit, and they need to stop now. >>> meanwhile in an interview with "people" magazine, an a dean says she's proud to be married to former congressman anthony weaner despite the sexting scandal that led to his resignation. she said he did a stupid thing but said, quote, they have a normal family. >>> this man was executed yesterday...
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can i get behind this guy the way i got behind john mccain? >> let me switch to michael reagan. is there a lack of enthusiasm? there appears to be. having said that, it is early days, and he has won the first two votes. i mean, he's not doing badly for someone who everyone else says they're not very enthusiastic about. >> well, he is winning, and, yes, there is this lack of enthusiasm for the candidates that are out there running for the republican nomination. part of what andrew says is absolutely correct. the other side of the coin is look how many conservatives you have in the race. you have five people that are trying to be more reagan than reagan. you have one moderate in the race who's splitting the vote with absolutely nobody while the vote is being split between newt gingrich, rick perry, rick santorum. you've got the part being played by ron paul. and now you've got huntsman in. you've got a man running for the president of the united states that is happier than hell that all these other people are in the race vying for the tea party while he's sitting there vying for v
can i get behind this guy the way i got behind john mccain? >> let me switch to michael reagan. is there a lack of enthusiasm? there appears to be. having said that, it is early days, and he has won the first two votes. i mean, he's not doing badly for someone who everyone else says they're not very enthusiastic about. >> well, he is winning, and, yes, there is this lack of enthusiasm for the candidates that are out there running for the republican nomination. part of what andrew...
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john mccain is on in a couple of minutes talking about a lot of subjects. the professionals are in the house as well. also a group of high school students suspended for taking energy mints. now, staffers first thought they were taking illegal drugs. turned out they were mints packed though with caffein. they are legal, so why is the school standing by the punishment? we're going to tell you and talk exclusively to two of the boys now fighting to clear their names. >> all right. we'll have new details this morning on the search for a 10-year-old colorado girl. she vanished on her way to school last friday, and her backpack was found over the weekend. we'll get the latest on the case. >>> and i mentioned the professionals are here. coming up they will weigh in on two disturbing moments in the sports world over the weekend. i think you probably all saw those, and a respected guidance counsellor here in new york who was fired because of some revealing modeling photos she took nearly 20 years ago. if you apply this rule all over the place. >> you and i would be
john mccain is on in a couple of minutes talking about a lot of subjects. the professionals are in the house as well. also a group of high school students suspended for taking energy mints. now, staffers first thought they were taking illegal drugs. turned out they were mints packed though with caffein. they are legal, so why is the school standing by the punishment? we're going to tell you and talk exclusively to two of the boys now fighting to clear their names. >> all right. we'll have...
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however, john mccain says if her name does come up he will absolutely block that. eun? >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. >>> an update on breaking news. >> good morning. keeping an eye on the violence happen anything israel. overnight as we told you three israelis were killed in rocket fire from the gaza strip. they say hamas has launched more than 700 rocket attacks into the country since the beginning of the year. now, early this morning we just learned israel dropped leaflets warning to stay away. that campaign explains the reasons for the strike. they're tweeting, posting videos and pictures. we'll keep you updated on the situation there throughout the morning. >>> and new this morning, british oil company bp says it's close to reaching a settlement with the u.s. over the gulf oil spill. bp expected to pay record fines but no final agreement has been reached. in 2010, the deepwater horizon rig exploded killing 11 workers and spilled oil into the gulf of mexico for 87 days. >>> closing arguments could begin today in the trial for a bowie state universi
however, john mccain says if her name does come up he will absolutely block that. eun? >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. >>> an update on breaking news. >> good morning. keeping an eye on the violence happen anything israel. overnight as we told you three israelis were killed in rocket fire from the gaza strip. they say hamas has launched more than 700 rocket attacks into the country since the beginning of the year. now, early this morning we just learned...
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. >>> senator john mccain defended huma abedin, a top aide state department official, after allegations by congresswoman michele bachmann that she is connected to the muslim brotherhood. mccain said bachmann's attacks have, quote, no logic, no basis, and no merit, and they need to stop now. meanwhile in an interview with "people" magazine, abedin says she's proud to be married to former congressman anthony weiner despite the sexting scandal that led to his resignation. she said her husband did a really stupid thing but added they, quote, have a normal family. >>> yokamon hearn was executed yesterday in texas for the 1998 abduction and fatal shooting of a stockbroker. it was the state's first execution using only one lethal drug instead of three due to shortages. >> and in china, a taxi driver hung on to the hood of a drunk driver who had collided with this taxi cab. the drunk driver tried to escape, but the taxi driver held on until he stopped at a karaoke bar and the police could make an arrest. >>> and now here is an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow o
. >>> senator john mccain defended huma abedin, a top aide state department official, after allegations by congresswoman michele bachmann that she is connected to the muslim brotherhood. mccain said bachmann's attacks have, quote, no logic, no basis, and no merit, and they need to stop now. meanwhile in an interview with "people" magazine, abedin says she's proud to be married to former congressman anthony weiner despite the sexting scandal that led to his resignation. she...
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senator john mccain is even trying to block -- threatening to block rice from becoming secretary of state if the president chooses her to succeed hillary clinton. >>> quickly approaching fiscal cliff is already giving investors on wall street a scare. dow closed down 185 points yesterday, third triple digit loss in a week. nasdaq is down 10% from september. the fear of grid lock on capitol hill is driving the tailspain. president obama says there is room for agreement. >> as i've said before, i'm open to compromise and i'm open to new ideas. and i've been encouraged to hear republican after republican agree on the need for more revenue from the wealthiest americans as part of our a arithmetic if we're serious about reducing the deficit. >> the president did say he would not accept continued tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of americans. >>> mitt romney is offering a frank analysis of why he lost the election to president obama. he said gifts offered by the president to minority voters pushed hispanics, blacks and young people to vote for him again. like the passage of obama care, forgivenes
senator john mccain is even trying to block -- threatening to block rice from becoming secretary of state if the president chooses her to succeed hillary clinton. >>> quickly approaching fiscal cliff is already giving investors on wall street a scare. dow closed down 185 points yesterday, third triple digit loss in a week. nasdaq is down 10% from september. the fear of grid lock on capitol hill is driving the tailspain. president obama says there is room for agreement. >> as i've...
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senator john mccain was a key advocate for early u.s. intervention in libya and a friend of chris stevens. good morning. >> good morning. >> do you believe that ambassador stevens was the intended target of terrorists? >> i do. i think the indications of how this attack was carried out clearly indicate that's the case. and i'd remind you, savannah, that they just went through a very bloody conflict and there's thousands of weapons in libya. they have a very weak government. this is their first experiment in democracy. the al qaeda elements are throughout the country. their borders are poor, and it makes for a difficult situation. but our genuine american hero, chris stevens, i was with him on election day on july 7th in libya. and they voted for a moderate government, not an islamic government. the majority of the libyan people are not the kind of people that attacked the u.s. embassy yesterday. >> i know, senator, that chris stevens was a friend of yours. he did not seek out the cushy assignments, what would you want people to know abou
senator john mccain was a key advocate for early u.s. intervention in libya and a friend of chris stevens. good morning. >> good morning. >> do you believe that ambassador stevens was the intended target of terrorists? >> i do. i think the indications of how this attack was carried out clearly indicate that's the case. and i'd remind you, savannah, that they just went through a very bloody conflict and there's thousands of weapons in libya. they have a very weak government....
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senator john mccain say his comments astounded him. ahead senator akin speaks out for himself. >> the mysterious death of natalie wood. her death certificate has been amend to say her drowning also involved undetermined factors. we'll have more on that coming up. >>> we talked about it tuesday with the professionals, a high school value dick tore denied her diploma for saying the word hell. wel weigh the results later on. she will join us for an exclusive live interview. >>> another story we're following closely, diana nyad. how does she feel after she was forced to abandon her record swim from cuba to florida. will she try it again. she's with us for a live interview, her first since ending that swim. >> the political storm surrounding missouri congressman todd akin and his senate bid. we'll talk to him in a moment but first nbc's capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell has the latest on all this. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. this is all unfolding within days of the republican party's biggest stage, their n
senator john mccain say his comments astounded him. ahead senator akin speaks out for himself. >> the mysterious death of natalie wood. her death certificate has been amend to say her drowning also involved undetermined factors. we'll have more on that coming up. >>> we talked about it tuesday with the professionals, a high school value dick tore denied her diploma for saying the word hell. wel weigh the results later on. she will join us for an exclusive live interview....
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john mccain was the voice echoing from the halls of washington. that was the contrast of favorite our candidate. and then to the last point i want to make, which is mind your ceo makes. when john mccain, for example, said i'm going to -- we should put the debate and focus on the bill. our cannadaycannaday's response was less than come i can run a campaign. i can do the debate. i can do more than this. i've got an organization that can handle a lot. i'll be ready for the debate. there is a sense...
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john mccain. is that all acting in concert? is that all one strategy? >> no question about it. i mean, this has been a coordinated effort to finally take on the number two in this race, and try to get him out of the race, effectively, and defeat him. i mean, romney, i think, for a long time, was relying on an air of inevitability. and that sometimes can get rocked in the course of debates or with a big loss. and then the candidate really focuses and focuses on taking out the person who is most threatening to him. that was the strategy on the debate stage, on the air in florida, and on the ground. and that's what romney has done as he goes into tuesday. >> what else is coming up on "meet the press" this morning? >> well, we're going to have a debate between romney and gingrich surrogates john mccain, fred thompson. we'll also hear from david axelrod. of course the president's state of the union really campaign blueprint for the re-election effort. we'll talk to him about that. >> david, thanks very much. >> thanks, lester. >> now here's jenna. >> lester, thanks. some disturbing
john mccain. is that all acting in concert? is that all one strategy? >> no question about it. i mean, this has been a coordinated effort to finally take on the number two in this race, and try to get him out of the race, effectively, and defeat him. i mean, romney, i think, for a long time, was relying on an air of inevitability. and that sometimes can get rocked in the course of debates or with a big loss. and then the candidate really focuses and focuses on taking out the person who is...
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reid: senator levin has consulted with john mccain in regard to this matter. senator mccain knows this was going to happen, that's what chairman told me, and he's never not told me the truth. so the bill is being held up. so i'm not surprised. it's been going on for six months. mr. kyl: will the majority leader yield for a question? mr. reid: of course. mr. kyl: my question is, are you saying that senator mccain was aware you were going to make this request tonight in the form that it was made? mr. reid: senator levin gave this toe many, said he already talked to senator mccain about it. mr. kyl: kyl: i do not believe that senator mccain was made aware that the leader of going to pose this request tonight. mr. reid: i first lenders about this several hours ago and i -- i first learned about this several hours ago from senator levin so i take him at his word. mr. kyl: thank you mr. president. mr. reid: note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. reid: mr. president i ask consent call of the quorum be termi
reid: senator levin has consulted with john mccain in regard to this matter. senator mccain knows this was going to happen, that's what chairman told me, and he's never not told me the truth. so the bill is being held up. so i'm not surprised. it's been going on for six months. mr. kyl: will the majority leader yield for a question? mr. reid: of course. mr. kyl: my question is, are you saying that senator mccain was aware you were going to make this request tonight in the form that it was made?...
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and john mccain, who also had weather impacting his convention will join me as well as our political round table. all coming up this morning. >> david, thanks very much. we'll see you soon. 6/ that's going to do it for us on a sunday morning. >> we're going to leave you with a special "today's" life illustrated. a tribute to neil armstrong. >> i'll see you tonight on "nightly news." good day, everyone. ♪ i hear babies cry i watch them grow ♪ and i'll never know ♪ and i think to myself what a wonderful world ♪ ♪ yes, i think to myself what a wonderful world ♪ ♪ oh yeah excuse us, while we change into something more comfortable. cool. introducing, the square sunnyd bottle.
and john mccain, who also had weather impacting his convention will join me as well as our political round table. all coming up this morning. >> david, thanks very much. we'll see you soon. 6/ that's going to do it for us on a sunday morning. >> we're going to leave you with a special "today's" life illustrated. a tribute to neil armstrong. >> i'll see you tonight on "nightly news." good day, everyone. ♪ i hear babies cry i watch them grow ♪ and i'll...
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john mccain himself says it starts with immigration. it's not the only you issue. but i think anna's quite right, how does a republican candidate run the gaunt let of a primary season in which the attacks from the right -- we saw it with meg whitman. she was determined to run in california with the republican party except for schwarzenegger has been out to pasture. but she got attacked by jerry poisoner in the primary, she brought out pete wilson, and she wanted to deport her nanny by the end of the election. [laughter] you know, the hispanic vote turned out in huge numbers for jerry brown. >> we could easily be having this conversation about the democratic difficulties among whites, right? it would totally change, as you were saying, if you had a candidate who was getting half the hispanic vote, be talking about why obama is likely to vote from 43% of whites, even slightly lower. but, you know, the republicans have set themselves a hurdle that is so high by allowing democrats to continue winning 80% of this growing population. the share of whites you have to win b
john mccain himself says it starts with immigration. it's not the only you issue. but i think anna's quite right, how does a republican candidate run the gaunt let of a primary season in which the attacks from the right -- we saw it with meg whitman. she was determined to run in california with the republican party except for schwarzenegger has been out to pasture. but she got attacked by jerry poisoner in the primary, she brought out pete wilson, and she wanted to deport her nanny by the end...
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republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham are calling for a special prosecutor who would be independent from the justice department. >> these leaks have to stop. >> reporter: last tuesday senator mccain accused the obama administration of orchestrating the leaks for political gain. >> the only conceivable motive for such damaging and compromising leaks of classified information is that it makes the president look good. >> reporter: a claim the president firmly denied. >> the notion that my white house would purposely release classified national security information is offensive. >> reporter: this isn't the first leak to make headlines. the bush administration came under fire when the identity of cia operative valerie plame wilson was publicized. in that instance, only one person was charged with lying to the fbi, but no one was ever charged with leaking the classified information. intelligence officials say cracking down on a person who leaks secrets can be tough, in part because dozens of people have access to classified information. >> i've seen information leaked for poli
republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham are calling for a special prosecutor who would be independent from the justice department. >> these leaks have to stop. >> reporter: last tuesday senator mccain accused the obama administration of orchestrating the leaks for political gain. >> the only conceivable motive for such damaging and compromising leaks of classified information is that it makes the president look good. >> reporter: a claim the president firmly...
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. >> reporter: romney proudly highlighted the endorsement of john mccain with whom he was locked in a bitter fight four years ago. but mccain told nbc's chuck todd that's history. >> these things when you're dealing with grown-ups you understand a great deal and you move on. >> reporter: meanwhile former utah governor jon huntsman dismissed both the iowa results and the gop front-runner. >> you can get all the doles and all the mccains in the world as romney probably will but in the end nobody cares. >> reporter: newt gingrich is already stepping up his battle following a disappointing fourth place iowa finish. the former house speaker welcomed romney to the granite state with his full page ad, contrasting himself to the former massachusetts governor. >> there is an enormous difference between somebody who spends their entire career as a reagan conservative and somebody who has spent their entire career as a massachusetts moderate. >> reporter: the only woman in the race, michele bachmann, will make the trip here. >> thank you. it's been a wonderful ride. >> reporter: wednesday follow
. >> reporter: romney proudly highlighted the endorsement of john mccain with whom he was locked in a bitter fight four years ago. but mccain told nbc's chuck todd that's history. >> these things when you're dealing with grown-ups you understand a great deal and you move on. >> reporter: meanwhile former utah governor jon huntsman dismissed both the iowa results and the gop front-runner. >> you can get all the doles and all the mccains in the world as romney probably...
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and john mccain, who also had weather impacting his convention will join me as well as our political round table. all coming up this morning. >> david, thanks very much. that's going to do it for us on a sunday morning. >> we're going to leave you with a special "today's" life illustrated. a tribute to neil armstrong. >> i'll see you tonight on "nightly news." ♪ i hear babies cry i watch them grow ♪ ♪ and i think to myself what a wonderful world ♪ ♪ yes, i think to myself what a wonderful world ♪ on a sunday morning. >> we will leave you with a today's tribute to neil armstrong about that . >>> right now danger just the u.s. the remem thepñ a destructive path behind. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> plus, the world remembers the first man to walk on the moon. this morning, condolences c
and john mccain, who also had weather impacting his convention will join me as well as our political round table. all coming up this morning. >> david, thanks very much. that's going to do it for us on a sunday morning. >> we're going to leave you with a special "today's" life illustrated. a tribute to neil armstrong. >> i'll see you tonight on "nightly news." ♪ i hear babies cry i watch them grow ♪ ♪ and i think to myself what a wonderful world ♪...
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the daughter of virginia governor bob mcdonnell also took center stage to introduce senator john mccain. she was joined by chris devlin young, a former coast guardsman and paralympics gold medal winner. during her two-minute speech, jeanine mcdonnell, an iraq war veteran, criticized president obama's policies on military spending. >> we need leaders who don't play chicken with our nation's defense. we need leaders who will invest in defense, not abandon it! >> mcdonnell served as an army platoon leader in iraq in 2005 and 2006. >>> five minutes after 5:00 now. the washington bureau chief for yahoo news is out of a job after controversial comments he made during the convention in tampa. david chalon was caught by an open microphone during a webcast saying that republicans are "happy to have a party with black people drowning." the yahoo leader fired chowleon and called his remarks inappropriate and yahoo didn't support the views. this came as hurricane isaac was slamming the gulf coast, causing dangerous flooding there. >>> new this morning, nasa's newest satellites are well on their way
the daughter of virginia governor bob mcdonnell also took center stage to introduce senator john mccain. she was joined by chris devlin young, a former coast guardsman and paralympics gold medal winner. during her two-minute speech, jeanine mcdonnell, an iraq war veteran, criticized president obama's policies on military spending. >> we need leaders who don't play chicken with our nation's defense. we need leaders who will invest in defense, not abandon it! >> mcdonnell served as an...
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gloria, john mccain won the south carolina primary in 2008, bob dole did it in 1996, for all of the talk, they do have a pragmatic streak. >> right, they do. don't forget last time around, huckabee did very well among evangelicals. what's happening now though, to mitt romney's benefit, is that while, yes, some evangelicals like him, and that's quite a hurdle to jump when you're a mormon, by the way, but the evangelical vote is being split. i'm here in new hampshire and i spent the day with rick santorum at an event and what he does very cleverly, this appeals to evangelicals as well as to people who vote on economic issues, he weaves his kind of values agenda with his economic agenda. that is that a strong family equals a strong country. so that's kind of a message that appeals to a very, very broad spectrum. >> there was a report, ralph, that a group of evangelical leaders were meeting in texas, or this weekend, to try to look at who they could rally around as the anti-romney. >> right. there have been a number of those meetings. there were a number of those meetings to, quote, stop mcc
gloria, john mccain won the south carolina primary in 2008, bob dole did it in 1996, for all of the talk, they do have a pragmatic streak. >> right, they do. don't forget last time around, huckabee did very well among evangelicals. what's happening now though, to mitt romney's benefit, is that while, yes, some evangelicals like him, and that's quite a hurdle to jump when you're a mormon, by the way, but the evangelical vote is being split. i'm here in new hampshire and i spent the day...
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he said i can crush john mccain if i don't take public financing in iowa when. he refers to splash and of course you guys are aware that until this election, every year for the past couple of decades, after each party nominated, they would get a bunch of taxpayer money and in return agreed not to spend other money to candidates. is that i'm done with that. i'm not one to take that money. i'm going to raise my own money. both candidates are off to the race. as in meaning the one that both candidates made. they don't actually have to raise any money for the general election if they don't want to. >> dollars are not stuffed into ballot boxes. dollars are used to try to persuade people to vote and that sounds a lot like speech when we think about it that way. ultimately, we have voters have to make decisions about what we are going to do. one of the concerns we have is that too many voters essentially won't take that seriously, but there's passive receptors of the things they hear the television. there may be some truth to that. but if ultimately, we're really givin
he said i can crush john mccain if i don't take public financing in iowa when. he refers to splash and of course you guys are aware that until this election, every year for the past couple of decades, after each party nominated, they would get a bunch of taxpayer money and in return agreed not to spend other money to candidates. is that i'm done with that. i'm not one to take that money. i'm going to raise my own money. both candidates are off to the race. as in meaning the one that both...
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john mccain, who i know you'll be speaking to later on, says this drawn out nomination is bad for the party. is this going to put pressure on either ron paul or gingrich to get out? >> well, i think paul's going to be there and he flies kind of, you know, at 7,000 feet all the way to the convention. i think yes, there's going to be more pressure to get gingrich out. i don't know what the lever is and i don't know who goes to him and says you have to get out. and i don't know what romney can offer him, frankly. you know, when you have a proportional delegates, there's a way for them to keep going and say, you know, i've got some voice that should be heard at the convention. the difficulty is how personal it has gotten, and the fact that romney is going to have so much work to do to shore up the base. as he gets in the general election mode if he can get the nomination. >> how about a preview of this morning's "meet the press"? >> we'll also focus on afghanistan with senator mccain, what the policy is going to be going forward, and what's going on with our troops. after an incident that
john mccain, who i know you'll be speaking to later on, says this drawn out nomination is bad for the party. is this going to put pressure on either ron paul or gingrich to get out? >> well, i think paul's going to be there and he flies kind of, you know, at 7,000 feet all the way to the convention. i think yes, there's going to be more pressure to get gingrich out. i don't know what the lever is and i don't know who goes to him and says you have to get out. and i don't know what romney...
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on wednesday republican senator john mccain came to her defense. kelly o'donnell has this story for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this is an unusual story. it goes to the heart of one of hillary clinton's closest relationships. it was john mccain who came out swinging to say what hillary clinton as secretary of state could not say publicly. described by the secretary of state as her second daughter, she is hillary clinton's dear friend, closest senior aide and seemingly all at her side, elegant, glamorous, profiled in vogue. she also happens to be muslim american and she's now the swept up in controversial insinuations made by former gop presidential candidate michele bachmann. >> it seems there has been deep penetration by the muslim brotherhood. >> reporter:? an official statement alleging serious security concerns, bachmann and four others have made security claims. they >> these attacks have no logic, no basis and no merit. these allegations about huma and the report from which they are drawn are nothing less tha
on wednesday republican senator john mccain came to her defense. kelly o'donnell has this story for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this is an unusual story. it goes to the heart of one of hillary clinton's closest relationships. it was john mccain who came out swinging to say what hillary clinton as secretary of state could not say publicly. described by the secretary of state as her second daughter, she is hillary clinton's dear friend, closest senior aide...
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despite the fact he shared 23 years of tax returns with john mccain's cam pan in 2008 when mccain's team was vetting romney and the fact his own dad released 12 years of return in 1968, romney says he will only share two years of his tax returns during this campaign cycle. obvious yeses ises an to what is going on here? the obama campaign is trying to set the terms of the debate right now. this just released obama campaign ad, they're going to air it in nine swing states, trying to keep the pressure on romney and avoid talking about the weak economy on their watch. as the obama campaign indicated to us after our interview, they say they are still not satisfied with romney's answers and believe the american people will want to see more information. a lot more questions still to be asked. >> richard wolf, good morning to you. >> good morning, lester. >> romney did five interviews yesterday trying to refute these allegations. did he do himself any favors? >> on the surface this was a confident, assertive performance by mitt romney. he had tremendous discipline between these various intervie
despite the fact he shared 23 years of tax returns with john mccain's cam pan in 2008 when mccain's team was vetting romney and the fact his own dad released 12 years of return in 1968, romney says he will only share two years of his tax returns during this campaign cycle. obvious yeses ises an to what is going on here? the obama campaign is trying to set the terms of the debate right now. this just released obama campaign ad, they're going to air it in nine swing states, trying to keep the...
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john mccain 10 by the margin. against democrats a lot of votes in those big states, but it also means there's not that many democrats into chasing districts. this time obama probably cared about the same number of states with a percentage. romney may have gotten that percentage and where to districts in utah. so maybe it's time for a political scientist and as political pundits to roll out another go about ochs, who has a lock on which part of the government before that will, too, becomes obsolete. thank you. >> now and it will tell us about the republican party. >> i think the temptation for republicans, going through any case, is going to be engaging in denial. and that's what you saw with the "washington times" piece that karlyn today. it's understandable. it's the human response. but it would be very smart for the publicans to get farther along from those stages and not stay in the denial stage very long. because when you look at what we have to face, it is not a hopeless picture but it is not a pretty one. ka
john mccain 10 by the margin. against democrats a lot of votes in those big states, but it also means there's not that many democrats into chasing districts. this time obama probably cared about the same number of states with a percentage. romney may have gotten that percentage and where to districts in utah. so maybe it's time for a political scientist and as political pundits to roll out another go about ochs, who has a lock on which part of the government before that will, too, becomes...